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Freedom of Information

Access to public information held by the City does not require lodgement of a Freedom of Information (FOI) request.  There are also many public documents available on this website such as:

• Agenda and Minutes of Meetings
• Local Laws
• Town Planning Scheme
• Strategic Plan

Other public documents may include:

• Development Applications where a consent form has been provided.

Before lodging a Freedom of Information request, contact the City’s Freedom of Information Co-ordinator on 9273 6562 and ask about the specific information you wish to access. You may find that you don’t need a FOI request.

In a situation where a FOI request is required, it should be lodged in writing with enough details to enable the requested documents to be identified.  An address in Australia, and where possible a contact telephone number and e-mail address, should be provided.

There is an application fee of $30 and charges for dealing with the application.  However, no fee applies to requests for your own personal information.

Applications take a response time of 45 days, but this time period may be negotiated.

For your information, the Western Australian Freedom of Information Act 1992 gives people a right to access documents of an agency, subject to the sensitivity of the document and the exemptions applied pursuant to the Act.  The Act is designed to make State and local government more open and accountable to the public by creating a general right of access.

Exemptions for some documents include protection of essential public interest, personal information, commercial or business information, law enforcement, public safety and property security, confidential communications, deliberative processes, legal professional privilege and so on.

If you need to lodge a FOI request, it should be addressed to:

City of Vincent

Whadjuk Country

PO Box 82

LEEDERVILLE WA 6902

or  mail@vincent.wa.gov.au

Related documents

Freedom of Information Statement 2024

Freedom of Information Access Arrangements

Freedom of Information Policy 4.1.4

Owner & occupier details

Request for information about owners, occupiers, electors and ratepayers

Section 5.94 of the Local Government Act 1995 (Act) lists categories of information commonly held by local governments that may be inspected by the public on request, subject to the restrictions listed in section 5.95 of the Act. This information includes:

•  rates records (see section 5.94(m)); and
• electoral rolls and registers of owners and occupiers (see section 5.94(s)).

Regulation 29B of the Local Government (Administration) Regulations 1996 sets out the process for requesting the above information from local governments, and provides that:  

“a local government must not make available to a person copies of information referred to in section 5.94(m) or (s) unless -

• the request for the information is made in the manner and form approved by the CEO of the local government; and
• the CEO of the local government is satisfied, by statutory declaration or otherwise, that the information will not be used for commercial purposes.”

 A commercial purpose is defined as the use of a public record for the purpose of:

• sale or resale; or
• producing a document containing all or part of the copy, printout or photograph for sale; or
• obtaining of names and addresses from such records for the purpose of solicitation; or
• for the purpose in which the purchaser can reasonably anticipate the receipt of monetary gain from the direct or indirect use of such public records.

How to request information about owners, occupiers, electors and ratepayers:

1.  Complete the request for information about owners, occupiers, electors and ratepayers statutory declaration
2. Arrange for the statutory declaration to be witnesses by a person listed on the form. If you require assistance arranging for the statutory declaration to be signed please contact the City’s Records team on 9273 6000. Any permanent employee of a local government with five or more years of continuous service can witness your statutory declaration at our Administration and Civic Centre.
3. Submit the witnessed statutory declaration to the City in one of the following ways:

•  In person at the City of Vincent Customer Service Centre located at 99 Loftus Street, Leederville between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.
•  Posting the statutory declaration to:

City of Vincent
PO Box 82
LEEDERVILLE WA 6902

•  Emailing the statutory declaration to mail@vincent.wa.gov.au 

Note - Requests over the phone are not permitted.